Matriarch Stakes

This article is about an American horse race. For the Australian horse race, see Matriarch Stakes (Australia).

The Matriarch Stakes is an American Grade I turf race for thoroughbred horses now run during Del Mar Racetrack's Fall Meet (relocated from Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California) for a current purse of $300,000. The race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, and is contested over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs.

Like all Fall turf stakes, the race was on hiatus in 2005 due to problems with Hollywood Park's grass course.

Inaugurated in 1981 as a weight-for age race, since inception the Matriarch has been contested at various distances:

• 1 mile : 2003 to present
• 1 ¹⁄₈ miles : 1981-1994, 1998-2002
• 1 ¹⁄₄ miles : 1995-1998

The Matriarch Stakes was run in two divisions in 1982.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:33.58 - Ventura (2009) (at current distance of 1 mile)
• 1:46.14 - Flawlessly (1992) (at previous distance of 1 ¹⁄₈ miles)

Most wins:

• 3 - Flawlessly (1991, 1992, 1993)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 5 - Chris McCarron (1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2000)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 8 - Robert J. Frankel (1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007)

Most wins by an owner :

• 6 - Juddmonte Farms (1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009)

Winners

References

• The Matriarch Stakes at Pedigree Query
• The 2007 Matriarch Stakes at the NTRA